CAAF Opinion Digest · III.A.93 · Crimes Pre-2019 offenses

Article 134 -- Mail-Taking, Opening, Secreting, Destroying, or Stealing

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Offenses committed before 1 January 2019 (pre-2016 amendment) — opinions from the 1999 through 2020 Terms of Court.
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Mail matter

United States v. Fox, 50 M.J. 444 · decided Jun 25, 1999 · No. 98-0498/MC
  1. theft of mail matter under Article 134, UCMJ, as delineated by the President, applies from the point that an item is deposited in a postal system until it is delivered to or received by the addressee; once deposited in the mail, the matter does not lose its character as mail matter until delivered to or received by the addressee, even if the mail is misaddressed and delivered to other than the addressee
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